Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 13:21 Interlinear

Yet they had a file for the mattocks and for the coulters and for the forks and for the axes and to sharpen the goads

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְֽהָיְתָ֞הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2הַפְּצִ֣ירָהH6477Yet they had a filebluntness
3פִ֗יםH6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
4לַמַּֽחֲרֵשֹׁת֙H4281for the mattocksprobably a pick-axe
5וְלָ֣אֵתִ֔יםH855and for the coultersa hoe or other digging implement
6וְלִשְׁלֹ֥שׁH7969and for the forksthree; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
7קִלְּשׁ֖וֹןH7053a prong, i.e., hay-fork
8וּלְהַקַּרְדֻּמִּ֑יםH7134and for the axesan axe
9וּלְהַצִּ֖יבH5324and to sharpento station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
10הַדָּרְבָֽן׃H1861the goadsa goad

Verse Context

1 Samuel 13:20went down But all the Israelites to the Philistines to sharpen every man...
1 Samuel 13:21 (current) Yet they had a file for the mattocks and for the coulters and for the forks and for the axes and to sharpen the goads
1 Samuel 13:22 So it came to pass in the day of battle found that there was neither sword...

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